Alireza Jafarzadeh is the author of The Iran Threat (Palgrave MacMillan; New York 2007).
A Searing Expose
Praise for The Iran Threat
Publishers Weekly: Best known for bringing details of Iran's nuclear program to international attention, Jafarzadeh offers a harrowing portrait of his native country with this sobering blend of history and contemporary politics.
Starting with the 1979 revolution that marked the ascendance of the Ayatollah Khomeini, he argues that Islamist extremism has played a central role in the last 25 years of Iranian politics, including the Iraq-Iran War and the 2005 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which Jafarzadeh believes was orchestrated by the Khamenei regime.
All the while, he contends, Iran has maintained a covert nuclear weapons program, threatening to radically destabilize the Middle East and strengthen the reach and scope of the oppressive Iranian regime. Jafarzadeh… dismisses military and diplomatic solutions to the imminent nuclear crisis he foresees, but suggests that international support of Iranian resistance movements could succeed in upsetting the current regime. Highly detailed and compelling, his account is accessible to a general reader but will appeal mainly to students of Middle East politics.

Lou Dobbs (CNN):
“Alireza Jafarzadeh is…one of the world's leading authorities on Iran, its rising nuclear and terrorist threat.”
“…the first to bring the true extent of Iran's nuclear program to the world's attention.”
“The Iran Threat [is] a very important read.”


Shepard Smith (Fox News):
“If you’re a student of politics or international politics and all the threats that come, this is one to pick up. “


John Batchelor (ABC Radio):
“…the major source for what United States knows, for what the world knows about Iran’s secret nuclear weapon program.”
Brad Davis (WDRC Radio):
“I am fascinated by what he says about
terrorism.”


Judge Andrew Napolitano (Fox News Radio):
“…a fascinating book…”
“Get it; you’ll learn everything you need to now aboutwhat’s happening [in Iran].”

Book Details
- Book Title: The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis
- Author: Alireza Jafarzadeh
- ISBN: 1403976643
- Hard Cover: 304 pages
- Language: English
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 2007
Table of Contents
Preface |
|
Introduction: |
My Iran |
Part I: |
A Study in Terror |
Chapter 1: |
Child of the “Revolution” |
Chapter 2: |
Son of the Regime: Ahmadinejad’s Rise Up Iran’s Military and Political Ranks |
Chapter 3: |
Aura of Oppression: The Ahmadinejad Presidency |
Part II: |
Iran’s Grand Plan |
Chapter 4: |
Global Ambitions: The Iranian Regime’s Radical Fundamentalist Ideology |
Part III: |
The Secret Insurgency |
Chapter 5: |
Nexus of Terror |
Chapter 6: |
The Enemy Next Door: Iran’s Role in Iraq |
Part IV: |
March to the Bomb |
Chapter 7: |
Nuclear Command: The Militarization of Iran’s Nuclear Program |
Chapter 8: |
A History of Deception: Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Weapons Capability |
Chapter 9: |
Camouflage and Concealment: Hiding the Nuclear Program Underground and Behind Front Companies |
Chapter 10: |
Fast Forward: Ahmadinejad Advances Iran’s Race for the Bomb |
Part V: |
If and When |
Chapter 11: |
Worst-Case Scenario: Consequences of a Nuclear-Armed Iran |
Chapter 12: |
Beyond Negotiation: Toward an Iran Policy |